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epidemiology of hepatitis c in central portugal. prevalence of anti-hcv in the population of the coimbra district.anti-hepatitis c virus antibody (anti-hcv) screening was performed in a sample of the adult population of the coimbra district. 657 persons were included (267 male and 390 female, mean age of 42.7 + 13.1 years), aleatorily chosen from four characteristic regions. anti-hcv was detected using an elisa-2 test and all positive sera were also tested with riba-2. general prevalence of anti-hcv was 0.46%. all positive patients live in urban areas and presented risk factors for hcv infection. anti-hcv w ...19947653277
coimbra university hospitals' bone and tissue bank: twenty-two years of experience.we report the microbiological contamination rate of sterilely procured 3953 tissue allografts obtained during 22 years of activity for musculoskeletal reconstruction from 1982 to 2003. from 1987 to 2000, allograft retrievals were performed in 191 cadaveric donors and in 323 living donors. in the former group 30 retrievals (15.7%) were excluded based on laboratory criteria. among living donors 108 femoral heads (33.4%) were also excluded by the same criteria. the microbiological contamination rat ...200516182813
[hepatitis c epidemiology in the central area of portugal. prevalence of anti-hcv in the population of the district of coimbra].anti-hepatitis c virus antibody (anti-hcv) screening was performed in a sample of the adult population of the coimbra district. 657 persons were included (267 male and 390 female, mean age of 42.7 +/- 13.1 years), aleatorily chosen from four characteristic councils. anti-hcv was detected using an elisa-2 test and all positive sera were also tested with riba-2. general prevalence of anti-hcv was 0.46%. all positive patients live in urban areas and presented risk factors for hcv infection. anti-hc ...19938165925
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